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James Carville

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James Carville is a prominent American political consultant and commentator, best known for his role as the lead strategist for Bill Clinton's successful 1992 presidential campaign. A member of the Democratic Party, Carville has been influential in shaping modern campaign strategies and is recognized for his ability to connect with voters. He was born on March 25, 1944, in Louisiana, where he has remained a significant figure in both state and national politics. Carville is also known for his engaging personality and sharp wit, often appearing in media to discuss political issues and strategies.

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Jun 9, 2021

What the public wants is at least to try something, all right.

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Jun 9, 2021

We came within 42,000 votes of losing the presidency to what I call a world historical buffoon.

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Jun 9, 2021

If you want to convince people, you have to talk to people in the language that they speak.

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Jun 9, 2021

We can't do it under the current alignment that we have in the Congress of the United States, and that's just a fact.

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Jun 9, 2021

a lot of these people that are criticizing live in kook PBI plus 40 districts, there's no chance you're going to lose to a Republican.

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Jun 9, 2021

we can't do it with a 50/50 Senate and a four-vote margin and the House. You just can't do it.

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Jun 9, 2021

the most important thing in my mind is 2022. We can win the Senate. We can pick up three or four Senate seats if you look at the map, and we hold the House, we can do all kinds of things that a lot of Democrats want to get done.

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May 27, 2021

I sleep at night, at least knowing that we have a president, that`s looking out for the country. And hopefully we stay on edge because this we could lose a lot in 2022 too, but by just being kind of (INAUDIBLE) and complacent here.

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May 25, 2021

Democrats have to make the Republicans own that insurrection every day. They have to pound it.

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May 25, 2021

Trump is the worst president in modern American history on the issue of crime.

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May 25, 2021

This is an attack on law enforcement. This is an attack that tried to stop a constitutionally mandated act of Congress.

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May 19, 2021

Democrats have to make the Republicans own that insurrection every day. They have to pound it. They have to call bookers on cable news shows. They have to get people to write op-eds. There will be all kinds of investigations and stories…

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May 18, 2021

There’s no such thing as the Republican Party. It is a Trump cult. It’s not a political party, in the sense that it builds coalitions and tries to expand things and compromises and does some good things and some bad things, and it’s a kind…

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May 18, 2021

That democracy is under serious threat now.

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May 18, 2021

It is a personality cult that bends to the will of a single personality.

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May 18, 2021

The Republican Party is now officially a personality cult, with what the exemption of Liz Cheney and Mitt Romney and 20 percent of people like that.

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Apr 28, 2021

Yes, in that kind of talk, it will guarantee you one thing, defeat. All right. And they know that.

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Apr 28, 2021

I think we were letting the faculty lounge wing of our party have undue influence on our message.

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Apr 28, 2021

Wokeness is a problem and everybody knows that it`s hard to talk to anybody today and I talked to lots of people in the Democratic Party, who doesn`t say this, but they don`t want to say it out loud because they`ll get clobbered or…

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Apr 27, 2021

But this is a revolutionary presidency. It just -- he’s a very modest guy, and people kind of like that. But, I mean, he’s really trying to change the equation of power in this country.

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Mar 25, 2021

this might be at the very pinnacle of dumb things he`s ever said.

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Mar 25, 2021

It is going to make it illegal to give somebody this standing in line to vote. I have never heard of water being an illegal substance in the United States.

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Mar 25, 2021

he said that the insurrection is on the sixth of January pose zero threat.

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Mar 25, 2021

this is going to be a political disaster for the Republican Party.

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Mar 24, 2021

Well, first of all, of course he`s going to say he`s running for reelection. He is not going to be two months into a four-year term and says, I`m not going to run.

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